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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed
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eBook - ePub
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed
About this book
WINNER OF THE HRF KEATING AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION CRIME BOOK 2018
An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an empire, her thrillers helped save the world. With a foreword by Lee Child.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Praise
- Spoiler Alert
- Thrillers
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1: A Question of Emphasis
- Chapter 2: The Land Before Bond
- Chapter 3: Do Mention the War
- Chapter 4: Tinkers, Tailors, Soldiers, Spies. But mostly journalists.
- Chapter 5: End of Empire
- Chapter 6: Travel Broadening the Mind
- Chapter 7: Class of โ62
- Chapter 8: The Spies Have It, 1963โ70
- Chapter 9: The Adventurers, 1963โ70
- Chapter 10: The Storm Jackal Has Landed โ The 1970s
- Chapter 11: The New Intake
- Chapter 12: Endgame
- Appendix I: The Leading Players
- Appendix II: The Supporting Cast
- Notes & References
- Acknowledgements & Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Also by Mike Ripley
- About the Publisher